Keller

Keller, Gottfried, was born near Zurich in 1819, and studied painting for some years in Vienna. He felt a vocation later on for literature and politics, became State Secretary for his canton in ] 861, and brought out several volumes of short tales, poems, and romances. Chief among his works are Der Griine Heinrich, Sieben Legenden, Ziiricher Novellen, and Martin Salander. He died in 1890.